everyone thinking of turning their pinion up   please click on this link and read carefully. http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/driveline/

That artical does not mention this scenerio



Ive been running my last two trackicks like that. Between the the two thats well over 200,000 miles. Not one single related problem. I dont have even a hint of vibration. As far as traction concerns were not runnin drag cars here. A 1.6 with a locker in it will hook up. Over rotating is fairly cheap easy and doesnt require custom driveline. My 2 cents

Mike

the above pic is JUST talking about yoke ear alighnment NOT pinion angle . the one thats circled is pointing far passed the transfer (even though the angles ARE the same which further supports what i am saying), not at it as we have been discussing , and would definatily bind when the suspension goes up . traction is traction no matter how much power . locked or not you can go better with less pinion angle compared to an identical rig with more pinion angle period .  

I don't see how the pinion input angle
would affect traction on a control link
suspension system, with leafs I can see it.

Do you have any info, or articles to help
explain this ?

Thanks
Wild

the pinioin still trys to rotate up through the rubber bushings and i think this is what causes the loss . i will reserch it better. i am talking about the traction loss from my own personal expierence mainly with my mustangs at the strip . they have a factory 4 link rear suspension and pointing the pinion down 3 or 4 degrees make a huge difference in the 60 ft times . my car ran 1/8th mile in 6.39 seconds|removethispart|@ 112 mph and 60 ft was 1.35 from around 1.5 with the stock pinion setting .

the pinioin still trys to rotate up through the rubber bushings and i think this is what causes the loss . i will reserch it better. i am talking about the traction loss from my own personal expierence mainly with my mustangs at the strip . they have a factory 4 link rear suspension and pointing the pinion down 3 or 4 degrees make a huge difference in the 60 ft times . my car ran 1/8th mile in 6.39 seconds|removethispart|@ 112 mph and 60 ft was 1.35 from around 1.5 with the stock pinion setting .

Mustangs at the strip + Home Town = You must know Troy Furton :-/

Zig

finally got around to fitting my simple 2" block today, per the Brazilian guy's design.

unfortunately my drive slopes, and after disconnecting the stock bolts, the diff rotated against the propshaft. I was expecting and had prepared for this and so had to chock the car and jack up the chassis to get room to insert the block, then jack the diff input collar (with a wooden block!) to get the right angle again.

all went together fine, 10mmx8.8 bolts, 3|removethispart|@ 80mm & 1 |removethispart|@ 70mm.

not easy to tighten up, so I'll check it again on the level after a few miles

what else do I need to adjust now? brakes?